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CONTENTS

[01] Cypriot Foreign Minister - London - Cyprus problem

[02] Yemeni official - Cyprus - Meetings

[03] Cyprus - Yemen - Memorandum

[04] European Socialist Party - Cyprus - Press conference

[05] Moldova - New Cyprus ambassador

[06] Cyprus Agriculture Minister - Mad cow disease - Measures

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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[01] Cypriot Foreign Minister - London - Cyprus problem

"During the fourth and fifth rounds, there has been, for the first time, discussion on the four core issues of the Cyprus problem", he noted, adding that "as far as we are concerned, we surely have the necessary political will to constructively engage in intensive and in depth negotiations that will eventually lead to a breakthrough towards a solution". CNA/KT/RG/GP/2000

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[02] Yemeni official - Cyprus - Meetings

Present at the meeting, after which no statements were made, were Undersecretary to the President Pantelis Kouros and Foreign Ministry CNA/GG/RG/GP/2000

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[03]

Nicosia, Nov 21 (CNA) -- Cyprus and Yemen signed here today a memorandum of undestanding on consultations between the two countries' foreign ministries.

The momorandum was signed after official talks by Cyprus Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Michalis Attalides and visiting Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen Abdullah al-Saidi.

CNA/RM/GP/2000 ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGECNY

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Nicosia, Nov 21 (CNA) - Head of the European Socialist Party multi-member delegation, currently visiting Cyprus, Lena Hjelm Wallen, said today she was not overly optimistic about the Cyprus peace talks after meeting Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash.

The Swedish EuroMP also noted that her compatriots had reservations about Turkey's course towards the European Union (EU) and that Ankara must show good will on the Cyprus problem, the solution of which must not be a precondition for Cyprus' accession to the EU, although problems may arise if full membership is achieved prior to a settlement.

CNA/RG/GP/2000

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Nicosia, Nov 21 (CNA) -- Moldova supports UN efforts for a settlement in Cyprus and hopes the Turkish forces occupying 37 percent of the island's territory since 1974 will be withdrawn soon, the country's President Petru Lucinschi has said.

Receiving the credentials of the Cyprus Republic's new ambassador to Moldova, George Vyrides, Lucinschi expressed the hope Cyprus would be reunited through peaceful means and a settlement based on international law would be reached.

CNA MA/GP/2000

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[06] Cyprus Agriculture Minister - Mad cow disease - Measures

Invited to comment on an agreement reached in Brussels today by the EU agriculture ministers extending testing for mad cow disease to all cattle at risk over the age of 30 months from January 1, Themistocleous said "we are already in contact with specialised laboratories in three countries, France, Switzerland and Ireland."

CNA NMA/MA/GP/2000

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[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Temperatures (degrees Celcius)
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Station               Maximum     Minimum       Weather
                                        (At 1200 UTC)
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Nicosia                  24         10             FINE
Larnaca                  23         11             FINE
Limassol                 23         15             FINE
Paphos                   22         12             FINE
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